New Music From Mainland – Digital Servicing Only
Mainland, the NY-based three piece composed of enigmatic frontman Jordan Topf (vocals, guitar), Corey Mullee (guitar, synths) and Alex Pitta (bass), are preparing to release debut album Night Trials this fall. Recorded by Kevin Augunas (Cold War Kids, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros) at Fairfax Studios in Van Nuys, CA – formerly home to Sound […]
SoundChips and SoundFiction Feature Wages
SoundChips has a stream of Wages’ “A Boat,” one of the diverse songs on the LA quartet’s debut LP Glace. As the site describes it, “The atmospheric nature of the vocals are so light, and the guitar chords lull you into a state of entrancement. New tones and pieces of the track are carefully placed […]
Tobias The Owl Gets Deep With M Pire
M Pire has published a lengthy interview with Elijah Dhavvan, whose Tobias The Owl project has been gaining steam at Radio 200. In the interview, Dhavvan delves into how his battle with leukemia fueled the creation of new LP Every Eye Is A Universe by inspiring a “personal period of growth, pensiveness, and meditation [that] […]
New Music From My Goodness – Digital Servicing Only
Islands, the upcoming EP from Seattle’s My Goodness, illustrates a major sonic leap for the band. Formed by Seattleites Joel Schneider and Andy Lum after a chance encounter at SXSW, My Goodness has made considerable strides since recording the rocking, bluesy 2014 LP Shiver & Shake live in the studio with Rick Parashar (Pearl Jam, Alice In Chains, Blind Melon). […]
The News and Guide Interviews Fruit Bats’ Eric D. Johnson
In advance of Fruit Bats’ first Wyoming concert, Jackson Hole News & Guide conducted an informative interview with band mastermind Eric D. Johnson. Explaining why he recently reclaimed the Fruit Bats name after five years of releasing music simply as EDJ, Johnson said, “I realized… that Fruit Bats is my identity or how people perceive […]
The So So Glos Premiere In Britain with Gigwise, Announce US Tour Dates
The So So Glos‘ Kamikaze has been out since the summer in the US, and now the UK promotional campaign is kicking into full gear. British blog Gigwise has the video for “A.D.D. Life,” describing the cut-up black-and-white clip as “low budget but all the better for it as it’s got an unique identity of […]
New Music From Kuroma – Digital Servicing Only – Get It Here
Kuroma, the Georgia-based affiliates of MGMT and The Whigs whose 2015 album Kuromarama charmed listeners with its candy-coated psychedelic sound, return this fall with The Dark Horse Rides Again. The band, which has toured with Tame Impala, Jarvis Cocker, The Walkmen, and more, has been growing upwardly since its 2007 full-length debut Paris, and the new LP reveals […]
Fences EP, Streaming on Fuse, is Reviewed by Shows I Go To
Shows I Go To is positively effusive in its response to Fences‘ new EP To The Tall Trembling Trees, writing that the six-song missive from Chris Mansfield is “the first [EP] that’s ever made me want to have a son or daughter.” The review compares Mansfield to Conor Oberst, except “more honest and sad” and […]
Radio K Picks Kuroma for its Track of the Day
Radio K has chosen Kuroma‘s “A Day With No Disaster,” the lead track on upcoming LP The Dark Horse Rides Again, as its Track of the Day for Tuesday, September 13. As we explained when we originally serviced the track, the song launches the album’s full-on assault with a blast of shoegaze and a gorgeous, […]
Babewatch Goes For Adds
Babewatch originated at UC Santa Cruz, where guitarists/singers Peter Kegler and Callum Beals met bassist Chase Eiseman and drummer Eli Lyons. Their earliest songs were designed as anthems for the lively house parties around the school, where the boys gained respect for putting on the most fun shows in town. The band moved to Oakland […]
Fences Goes For Adds
As Fences, Chris Mansfield pours his everything into writing musical missives that hold a mirror to his foibles, his heart, his hurt, and his confusion. Drawn to experimental jazz, he ignored pop and rock music as a young man and went to school at the prestigious Berklee College of Music to study double bass. It […]
Teresa Cristina Goes For Adds
Spend an evening at the Theatro Net in Rio de Janeiro with Teresa Cristina as she offers tribute to one of Brazil’s most beloved guitarists, composers, and sambistas – Angenor de Oliveira (also known as Cartola). Highly popular in Brazil, Cristina is an icon of samba loved not only for her originals but for often […]
Rebecca Schiffman Finds Fans at WLUR and KCRW
WLUR likes Rebecca Schiffman‘s new self-titled LP, writing in a review that the album has moments that resemble “late-’90s-vintage twee at its finest, reminding [reviewer Jeremy Franklin] of early Camera Obscura.” Noting the album’s contribution from Nels Cline and its Robyn Hitchcock influence, the station concludes that Rebecca Schiffman is “cutesy” and “off-kilter” and features […]
Willamette Week Praises Animal Eyes, Earmilk Premieres “Zeke, The Wizard”
Willamette Week has praise for Animal Eyes‘ new LP, writing that “the band has grown significantly since it moved to Portland from Alaska five years ago, and Where We Go is the quintet’s most complete record to date, with clean production that manages to set free—not stifle—the inherent wildness of the band.” The review compares the […]
New Music From Fences
As Fences, Chris Mansfield pours his everything into writing musical missives that hold a mirror to his foibles, his heart, his hurt, and his confusion. Drawn to experimental jazz, he ignored pop and rock music as a young man and went to school at the prestigious Berklee College of Music to study double bass. It […]
Elle and Stereogum Premiere KAYE’s “UUU”
“Beware,” warns Elle Magazine at the beginning of its premiere of KAYE’s new video. “If you watch this video, you’re going to suddenly need a skintight bronze catsuit.” The suit is worn by KAYE in the new clip, taken from her amazing new EP Honey. “I feel like my style is sort of glam tomboy,” the […]
Rogue Wave Plays For Jefferson Public Radio
Zach Rogue delves into the creation of Rogue Wave‘s new LP Delusions of Grand Fur in an interview with Jefferson Public Radio, talking extensively about how his musical partnership with bandmate, Pat Spurgeon, makes his songs work. The two had an in-depth conversation with the station’s Eric Teel, with Spurgeon filling in details about how the duo […]
New Music From Teresa Cristina – Digital Servicing Only
Spend an evening at the Theatro Net in Rio de Janeiro with Teresa Cristina as she offers tribute to one of Brazil’s most beloved guitarists, composers, and sambistas – Angenor de Oliveira (also known as Cartola). Highly popular in Brazil, Cristina is an icon of samba loved not only for her originals but also for […]
New Music From Babewatch
Babewatch originated at UC Santa Cruz, where guitarists/singers Peter Kegler and Callum Beals met bassist Chase Eiseman and drummer Eli Lyons. Their earliest songs, with titles like “Guys Hanging Out,” were designed as anthems for the lively drunken house parties around the school, where the boys honed their skills as surf-inspired ragers and gained respect […]
Animal Eyes Talks To Myspace, Shares Video With Impose
The members of Animal Eyes were recently interviewed by Myspace, which describes the band as “curious and exuberant” while praising how their songs build a “scene of adventure” “aided by energetic guitar chords, a thumping beat, and the crash of other instruments.” Over the course of the interview, the band explains that new album Where […]
